Rail-joint.



J. W. WADDBLL.

BAIL JOIII'I'. nruonml nun JUL! 2, 100a.

Patented June 7, 1910.

.v z\ N W wlllillww N N W L NW u w w m f devices \Vlllt'll are now n.-.ed to eonnt-t-t. rails.

UNITED STATES a im'r OFFICE.

JENKINSON \V. \VADDELL. OF BELMONT. OHIO.

RAIL-JOINT.

Application tiled July 2.

To all tlhlmm it may concern:

lle it ltltt)\\'tt that l, .ltzxwtxmx W. \\'.\n- DELL, a t-itizen ot' the t'nitt-d ritatt re ntillg alt lit-llttottt. in tin t-ottntjt ol ln-ltnnnl and State of )ltiu. haw itt\t't'.tt-il a new and useful llail-Joint.,nl' 'llil'll the lullHW- ing in :l fiplftlllt'illlllll.

This invention r late to rail joinh and is designed to provide a joint whit-h will form a permanent htrueture that will eliminate the use of holts and other expensive still further ohjet-t is, to provid a novel means whereby a rail may he .at't'lllt'tl to the ties and at the same time form a fitfllt'u and inexpensive joint.

with the ahove and ntltcl ends in \iew the invention t(lit. i.\l5 in the t'ntblt'tlt'iltttt, combination and arrangement of parts, all as hereinafter more fully deht-rihed, hPLCltic-ally claimed and illn trate l in the 1lt't t)tllpanying dra\\ing wherein l ignre 1 is a hutiZulitztl 'l'tm: \tt'll tlt taken along line l --l. Fig. 2. Fig, 2 a tran. verse tfl'tbh' M'i'filOll taken along line 12- ".5, Fig. l.

Heft-renula-ing had to tilt tira\ 'ing-. indicate. in general. the end.-; of two rails made after the usual manner having at their lulgittltlittztl t'.\tl'tlttllit-n lmit hole. 1. 'l lA-arail are seeuretl together h lilt'llllh ol a li.-h plate 2' whi -h re.-t,-. -nugl lltlWt't'll the lltL-h with the \v'tlt l t, 1

liar-a- -l and the head -i and has a series of inwardly prop-rt 1.1;" quits the rail that are spam-d :i snllieieut di-tnnee apart to seeure the rail and allow the spare lttlWtt'll the extremities tin-rent. to allow for the t-X|mn.-ion and 'nttttztt-titm ol' the 'aine. ('ansed h the. :n-tion ol' hint and void. These hllltlh. when in their t ]ill';\ll\t: position, are llush with the oppmite ithol' the weh againat whit-h the li-h plate t'e-\t 'lhi entire derive iadapted to he I't' 't'iYt'tl in l|l improved l'ttil t'lintl' T. Whi 'lt t' ultpt'im's a lame portion h. having a 'hannel :ln-l'ein which is formed to ret-eire the llilht l of the rail and from whit-h thet'e extend upwardly the hides l2. having the pnr---age tln-rel|etween, a slight \pat'e. indn-ated at ll. heing left. lJtLVv'ta-lt the edge ot the rail haw and the. chair, to :tt' utltlttutlttlt', t-apannon and t t l l l t? adapted to he i'eeeive'l in the hnle-. l in l l Specification of Letters Patent.

anti-tiled June 7, 1010.

Sefiatl No. 505.723.

.-ont|-:n-tion The upwardly prnjeeting side l" adjat-ent the -li.-h plate It is of a "renter tll i:tlltt' from the eenter line of the rail than the other in order to permit the admission of the li h plate in the passage 9. Along the outer edge of the hase 8 of the chair there iprovided at regular llliclYtllH a series of llUlt'ltt'S In in the haw portion 8, through \\'lllt'll the spikes ll pa. and Httt'ltl't: the chair to the lit.

From the foregoing it will he readily seen that it is not my intention to litnit the till"!- her of studs (3 on the lish plate 3 or the. spike openings 10 in the said chair, the latter being located in the opposite sides of the. chair and are not in the same transverse plane hut are preferably situated diagonally iltl't).-5 l'roni eat'h other which permits a seenre and tirm hold for the spikes should the tie plitlongitudinally through the opening made h v one of said spikes.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I elailn as new and desire to secure ht IT. 5. Letter. of latent is:

rail joint t-oniprising a pair of mectin rail. having transveme openin s througi their \\'el).-. a straight. fish pliite fitting t Enng il; "illllhi the wells of the said rails bi.-

tut-en the head and the hase of the same and provided on one. side with lateral pro ection-. adapted to engage the transverse openings in the \\el)5 of the rails. the entire outer tat-e ot' the lish plate lying in a plane parallel with t-l-zr-wei'f'tind a chair having a base portion titting aromnl and inelosing the base ortion of the. meeting rails and engaging tt.e upper ides of the. base of the rails and having upwardly e.\tending side portions engaging under the head of the rails. one of Hill ide put'liutts hearing against. web of the rail and the other side portion beurin' ngaimt. the outer side of the tish 'plate ant holding the same in engagement with the rails.

In tehtimony that l ('ltlllll the foregoing as in own, I have hereto allixed my signature in the lH'tEr-Zttlt't of two witnesses. 

